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About a couple of days later, the Loud kids were doing well in keeping a schedule when it concerned television. Downstairs, Lori and Leni were sitting down at the TV, though they weren't really paying attention to what was going on as Leni was reading a magazine, with Lori texting on her phone.

It wasn't until Lana was surfing downstairs on the rail, screaming in delight as she jumped off. Lana gave a smile as she looked over... then frowned as she crossed her arms to see Leni and Lori weren't even looking at the TV. "You know, you two, for someone who's excited to be a Nielsen family, you are not taking advantage of programming quite well!"

Lori frowned as she scoffed. "Of course we are. We're using our two hours wisely."

It was then Lori noticed that the TV was on the five o'clock news. "The program's over already? Leni, why didn't you say anything?"

"Huh?" Leni asked as she looked up from her magazine.

Lana scoffed as she rolled her eyes. "Come on, you guys. You two haven't really been using this TV as much, and we're supposed to take advantage of this TV as much as possible! Why use your hours when you're not going to watch TV?"

"Well, how else am I going to give Bobby my texts!" Lori frowned.

"What are you even texting him for, anyway?" Lana asked.

Leni looked up as she said, "Oh, Lori's texting Bobby about the amount of sm-"

Lori yelped as she covered Leni's mouth, gagging her. Lori smiled nervously as she said, "Smart phones! Which Bobby is thinking about upgrading his."

Lana frowned. "Uh-huh. Look, if you're not watching the television, may I use my hours?"

Lori and Leni looked at each other as Leni got up. "I'm good."

"And just about done with my hours, I suppose." Lori rolled her eyes as she got up. "TV's all yours."

Lana squealed in delight as she hopped on the couch and kept switching channels.

"Have at it." Lori smiled as she glared at Leni.

"Hi, Lori." Leni gave a smile... before yelping as Lori started pulling her ear. "Ow, ow, ow!"

"Leni, can we talk about how NOT to reveal my personal life?" Lori asked as she dragged Leni upstairs.

Lana sighed as she kept switching and switching. Lana frowned as she put the remote down. "Ugh, there is nothing good on here... and I know Lynn's coming in a half hour to watch her game..."

At that moment, the door opened up as Lynn's voice yelled out, "And here comes a fast one!"

Lincoln ran inside as he quickly jumped up and caught the football. Lynn came in and cheered wildly as she waved her hand around in excitement. "Can I hear a whoo-whoo!"

Lincoln groaned as he looked over at Lynn. "Lynn, you know perfectly well our parents say not to play ball inside the house. Why do you keep throwing them?"

"What can I say, bro?" Lynn shrugged. "I just can't help myself."

Lynn then turned to see Lana trying to flip through the channels as she smiled. "Hey, Lany-Lan-Lana! Using up your hour?"

"Just starting on it..." Lana sighed.

"Well, just so you know, I have a football game coming up in a half-hour, so make sure you save that seat for me, will ya?" Lynn winked.

"All right, sure." Lana smiled... then muttered as she kept flipping channels. "As soon as I find something good I could just enjoy."

Lincoln rolled his eyes as he turned towards a wall and lifted his eyebrows.

"Think fast, Lincoln!"

Lincoln yelped as he jumped up and grabbed the football from his hand. He glared at Lynn as she laughed. "Well, I'm going to go up and prepare for my upcoming football game! You just find something you enjoy, Lana!"

"Whatever..." Lana sighed as Lynn went upstairs. Lana groaned. "But right now, there's nothing I can find that's good!"

Lincoln looked over at Lana, feeling sorry for her. But before he could come over, he heard the doorbell ringing. Lincoln raised an eyebrow before coming over and opening it... surprised to see Ronnie Anne with shocked eyes and a traumatized like look as her eye twitched.

"Uh... hi, Ronnie Anne." Lincoln said, raising an eyebrow.

Ronnie Anne then hugged Lincoln with all her might as Lincoln yelped as he whispered, "Easy, my sister's right there, and you know how she and everyone else is..."

"Sorry... I needed to get away from the house for a while... especially Bobby... he and Lori were doing dirty things on their phones!" Ronnie Anne shuddered.

"What?" Lincoln asked.

"Yeah, they say they're texting about smart phones, but... ugh, I don't wanna think about it anymore!" Ronnie Anne said, shuddering. "I am NOT looking forward to our teenage years, I'll just say that much."

Ronnie Anne then looked up and noticed the Nielsen Box on their TV as her mind was immediately changed. "Oh hey, is that one of those box things that lets you steal cable? I didn't even think cable TV existed, with the use of satellite TV nowadays!"

"Oh no, Ronnie Anne, the Loud Family has been selected to become one of those TV ratings families." Lincoln explained.

"No kiddin'?" Ronnie Anne asked. "Well, with a big family like yours, it makes sense. Two parents, ten girls, one boy... four pets... the perfect American family."

"Well, I wouldn't say we're "perfect", but..." Lincoln blushed.

"But I wouldn't bother with something like a Nielsen box." Ronnie Anne explained.

Lana, who had only been listening to bits and pieces while changing channels, raised an eyebrow. "Why not?"

"Because all the best programming in a Nielsen family never wins... it's either 'let's watch our favorite show', or 'let's watch sports' or 'hey, let's watch this awesome reality show, I love to see another season of people starving in the wild'! Any good programming that somehow comes in last in the ratings is doomed to last one season... if they're lucky, two or three." Ronnie Anne explained as she grabbed the remote from Lana. "Case in point..."

Ronnie Anne flipped through a couple of channels as she tuned in to a rerun of 'Milliman's Coast'. "Milliman's Coast. It got good ratings for its time back in the sixties... but then ratings started to lower and eventually it went on to syndication."

"Didn't they try to revive that show?" Lincoln asked.

"Oh yeah, they did... as a reality program!" Ronnie Anne frowned. "I guess a much more recent example is this show..."

Ronnie Anne then flipped through the channel as she stopped at a certain cartoon program as a very, VERY catchy tune was playing.

"This show, Y-Men Beyond!" Ronnie Anne smiled as she bobbed her head to the tune. This one caught Lana's attention as her eyes widened in mere curiosity. "This show just began the run, and while it was very anticipated... it had very low ratings and Internet People started to not like the series due to its'... unusual nature. Still an awesome catchy theme song though."

Lana's eyes kept watching as soon as the theme song to the show ended. Lana's eyes were immediately glued to the TV as Ronnie Anne laughed, tossing the remote back to Lana. "To make my point, sometimes, even the best gems or the worst ones aren't what they used to be..."

"Yeah... uh, Ronnie Anne, do you want to stay with me and help out with homework tonight? You seem a little tense." Lincoln asked.

"As long as I'm away from your hormonal older sister texting my hormonal older brother, I'm okay with whatever." Ronnie Anne said.

"Eh, don't worry, teenagers just get to that age. It's inevitable. I don't know what they think about, but I'm sure we'll be thinking it soon." Lincoln said as he and Ronnie Anne went upstairs.

"Please don't put any more of those thoughts in my head, Lincoln, please!" Ronnie Anne shuddered as soon Lana was left alone, watching Y-Men Beyond.

"This show..." Lana said to herself. "IS AMAZING!"

She settled down as she looked really excited. There was no way anybody was going to prevent her from watching this show!

With that, the second chapter is done! How did you guys like it? Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks!